Metal joint for bedsteads and like purposes



Sept. 6, 1932. v. E. DICKSON METAL JOINT FOR BEDSTEADS AND LIKE PURPOSES Original Filed Jan. 2, 1930 1: A/m 7 Q Venfar" wa m-6% 1 WM. /7/; af/arn c Patented Sept. .6, 1932 UNITED STATES] PATENT OFFICE VICTOR EDWIN DICKSON', F FOOTSCRAY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, ASSIG'NOR OF ONE- HALF TO CHARLES HENRY STEVENS, OF WEST FOOTSCRAY, AUSTRALIA METAL JOINT FOR BEDST EADS AND LIKE PURPOSES Application filed January 2, 1930, Serial No. 417,962, and in Australia January 25, 1929 Renewed July 11, 1932.

My invention relates to improvements in metal joints for bedsteads and like purposes and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide a joint which may be manufactured very cheaply from a smallquantity of metal;

second, to enable a. large number of joints to be packed in a small space for transport; third, to facilitate attachment of the oint to the bedstead and, fourth, to provide a light, rugged and efiicient fitting. I attain these objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a vertical section, taken close to the centre line, of portion of an upright and side rail of a bedstead, the metal plateof the joint being shown in elevation; and

Figure 2 is an isometric view of the joint, the normal parts of the bedstead being omitted for the sake of clea'rness.

The metal plate 1 forms the body of the joint and is provided with a finger 11 formed by a recess 2 and this finger has an inclined inner face 3. The plate 1 is provided with an integral tongue 5 which is adapted to fit into a recess 6 formed in the wooden upright 7 of the bedstead. The tongue is provided with an angular tip 8 so that the tongue 5 may be driven tightly home and caused to bite into the woodwork at the rear of the recess 6. This angular tip also facilitates the driving home of the tongue 5 in cases where the recess 6 is formed by boring a series of holes into the upright.

The tongue is provided with an aperture 9 adapted to receive a cross stud 10 which is passed into a hole bored into the side of the upright for more than half of the width of the upright and the open end of which may be closed, if desired, by a wooden dowel (not shown). The plate is provided with shoulders 12 and 13, and a screw 14 is driven into the upright so that its head forms an abutment for the lower shoulder 13. In the normal construction shown in the drawing a wooden side rail is illustrated which is cut away centrally at its front end from its lower edge 15 to an upper line 16 and a cross stud 17 is fitted into a hole bored into the side rail. This cross stud 17 is positioned so that it engages the face 3 of the finger 11 tion on the cross stud 17, tendingto draw the cross studs 17 and 10 towards each other, and thus locks the side rail firmly to the upright. This locking action becomes stronger as the side rail is forced further down.

I claim: 7

The combination, in a metal joint for connecting two members together, of a metal plate provided with a tongue adapted to fit into a recess in the first of said members, said tongue being perforated to form an aperture, anchoring means adapted to be fitted into a hole in the said first member and through said tongue aperture, a finger formed by a vertical recess in said plate, said finger having an inner inclined face, a recess in the second of said members to be connected together, anchoring means secured to said second memher and adapted to engage said' inclined face of the finger of said plate, a metal screw driven into the first of said members to be connected together, and a shoulder formed in the lower portion of the metal plate, said shoulder being adapted to bear against said metal screw.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature.

VICTOR EDWIN DICKSON. 

